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Re: Worst Defense I've seen the Pacers Play this Year

I just think the Pacers didnt care about this one. Teams do that from time to time. They tried to mail one in and got burned.

Looked a lot that way to me too. Carlisle's gonna be seriously PO'd about it - especially coming off a loss. Looked like they tried to turn it on in the 4th but by that time the Wizards were in a zone.

Re: Worst Defense I've seen the Pacers Play this Year

They look tired. I'm glad the all-star break is coming up pretty soon.

Or, if you want me to take a wild angle at it, I'd blame it all on Foster's finger.

You all have heard me say before that Foster is the key - when he hustles, everybody picks it up a notch. The defensive rotations are fast and correct. And it carries over to the offense as well. The passes move smoother, people get in a rythym, etc. Ever since he hurt his finger, he's been a bit off. It bothers him much more than has been reported, I think. I think enough to take a slight edge off of his hustle. It seems we've run out of gas a bit since then. Add Ron's injury which does the same to him - and he's somebody we feed off as well - and that equals a team "funk".

But for whatever reason, they look tired. Or as my wife put it "out of sync".

It'll be short-lived, I think. Happens to all teams more than once during a season.

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Re: Worst Defense I've seen the Pacers Play this Year

They look tired. I'm glad the all-star break is coming up pretty soon.

Or, if you want me to take a wild angle at it, I'd blame it all on Foster's finger.

You all have heard me say before that Foster is the key - when he hustles, everybody picks it up a notch. The defensive rotations are fast and correct. And it carries over to the offense as well. The passes move smoother, people get in a rythym, etc. Ever since he hurt his finger, he's been a bit off. It bothers him much more than has been reported, I think. I think enough to take a slight edge off of his hustle. It seems we've run out of gas a bit since then. Add Ron's injury which does the same to him - and he's somebody we feed off as well - and that equals a team "funk".

But for whatever reason, they look tired. Or as my wife put it "out of sync".

It'll be short-lived, I think. Happens to all teams more than once during a season.

Foster seemed fine to me, I thought he was the best player on the floor. He just only got 24 minutes for some reason, when the Artest, Harrington, O'Neal front-line was horrible defensively against the pick-and-roll.

"It's just unfortunate that we've been penalized so much this year and nothing has happened to the Pistons, the Palace or the city of Detroit," he said. "It's almost like it's always our fault. The league knows it. They should be ashamed of themselves to let the security be as lax as it is around here."

Re: Worst Defense I've seen the Pacers Play this Year

This is the first time in a few weeks that our backcourt has been outplayed. Reg and Tinsley got torched at both ends of the court.

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Why do the things that connect us slowly pull us apart?
Till we fall away in our own darkness, a stranger to our own hearts
And life itself, rushing over me
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Re: Worst Defense I've seen the Pacers Play this Year

This is the first time in a few weeks that our backcourt has been outplayed. Reg and Tinsley got torched at both ends of the court.

I disagree, and say every game since the home game vs San Antonio, that the backcourt has been outplayed, besides the Detroit game. In the New Jersey game, Kidd played very well in the 1st half and is always Kidd, Terry and Jackson torched the Pacers on Monday, the Pistons guards sucked badly, Francis torched everybody, and Knight, Blake, and Hughes were absolutely dominant.

"It's just unfortunate that we've been penalized so much this year and nothing has happened to the Pistons, the Palace or the city of Detroit," he said. "It's almost like it's always our fault. The league knows it. They should be ashamed of themselves to let the security be as lax as it is around here."

Re: Worst Defense I've seen the Pacers Play this Year

This is the first time in a few weeks that our backcourt has been outplayed. Reg and Tinsley got torched at both ends of the court.

I disagree, and say every game since the home game vs San Antonio, that the backcourt has been outplayed, besides the Detroit game. In the New Jersey game, Kidd played very well in the 1st half and is always Kidd, Terry and Jackson torched the Pacers on Monday, the Pistons guards sucked badly, Francis torched everybody, and Knight, Blake, and Hughes were absolutely dominant.

You may be right. This is the first time I noticed it, however.

Why do the things that we treasure most, slip away in time
Till to the music we grow deaf, to God's beauty blind
Why do the things that connect us slowly pull us apart?
Till we fall away in our own darkness, a stranger to our own hearts
And life itself, rushing over me
Life itself, the wind in black elms,
Life itself in your heart and in your eyes, I can't make it without you

Re: Worst Defense I've seen the Pacers Play this Year

Perhaps most importantly... we are missing the play of our second best player....Artest has been...SUBpar....

I think that is important to remember. Hopefully time off will give him a chance to recuperate. We need him to perform to do well. What really made me upset in the Rockets game was the fact that Artest was hurt, yet they kept going to him time after time. He was NOT shooting well, and it made no sense to me why they kept giving him the ball.

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